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Lioness Launch / South Africa’s knowledge wealth company, ThutoKhumo, launches new online training courses for entrepreneurs

July 4, 2021 Melanie Hawken
Sheila Baloyi, founder, ThutoKhumo (South Africa)

Sheila Baloyi, founder, ThutoKhumo (South Africa)

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Entrepreneur Sheila Baloyi, founder of ThutoKhumo, which means Knowledge Wealth in Setswana in South Africa, believes her coaching and development courses serve that purpose for both her clients and her organisation as a whole. As a sales leadership and management coaching practice, the company provides bespoke sales training courses for corporates, SMMEs and startups. This month sees the company announcing the launch of a series of new online courses, both for 2021 and going forward. 


ThutoKhumo offers a diverse range of sales training programmes which are perfect for developing sales skills in a wide range of industries. For entrepreneurs who are looking to increase the value of their sales teams and help them to build and develop relationships with clients, ThutoKhumo is there to help. What makes the business different is that it helps companies humanize the process of selling their businesses with great impact and influence. ThutoKhumo partners with entrepreneurs, sales leaders, and sales professionals, to synergize the sales DNA of their organizations; to improve market opportunities; and to design strategies to grow sales and revenues, working with their teams to improve productivity and performance. Founder Sheila Baloyi says her business is dedicated to helping clients exceed their goals and build lasting and profitable relationships with their clients.

ThutoKhumo offers a range of services to clients including:

Sales Management Consulting
At ThutoKhumo Group Pty Ltd, Sheila and her team are proud to offer bespoke business consultancy services to suit their needs. The company is dedicated to helping its clients’ businesses succeed, whatever their size or industry. Sheila believes that bespoke, well-researched business consultancy can be the key difference between success and failure, profitability and loss.

Business/Sales Coaching
ThutoKhumo’s mission is to help clients to “level-up” their businesses with experience and valuable business coaching. Whether they are looking for specialist sales coaching, or company-wide business coaching, Sheila and her team help in eliminating waste and improving profitability. At ThutoKhumo, they are here for you. Business Coaching helps small, medium and large businesses of all kinds in a variety of ways. ThutoKhumo partners with clients to look at their business objectives, their strategies and goals, and help them to understand where their company is losing out. Sales coaching can help clients to improve their sales and marketing strategy, improve profitability and ensure they are marketing to the right audience. In addition to strategic advice, effective business coaching will also include practical advice and techniques to drive sales. Whether clients rely on traditional sales techniques, face-to-face meetings, cold-calling or digital/social selling, effective business coaching is essential.

Training for Corporates
Sales training courses provide people with the necessary skills they need to provide an exceptional customer service whilst maintaining a professional appearance. ThutoKhumo’s sales training courses can be made bespoke to ensure that they only provide the essential courses that will help staff to improve on the areas where they do not perform the best. ThutoKhumo is able to provide clients with a comprehensive sales training course designed to improve the areas in which teams do not perform well. The course includes sales training, marketing, leadership, performance management, telesales, communication.

Training for Entrepreneurs
Sales training courses provide people with the necessary skills they need to provide an exceptional customer service whilst maintaining a professional appearance. ThutoKhumo’s sales training courses can be made bespoke to ensure that they only provide the essential courses that will help staff improve on the areas where they do not perform the best. Courses are offered online or in-house. With a wide range of courses available, ThutoKhumo is able to provide clients with a comprehensive sales training course designed to improve the areas in which your team does not perform well. Programmes include Business Planning, C.A.R.E to Convert, Clarity to Clients, Branding, Communication, Digital Marketing.

New Ventures Launching
The ThutoKhumo team have been working on a number of new online courses which will be evergreen launches for the rest of the year and into the future. A Monthly Subscription Box for female entrepreneurs, goal getters, corporate girl boss and side hustlers is also being launched in September 2021, packed with tools, training and community to help clients to grow their businesses.

Courses will include :
1. Mini-course: Clarity to Clients
The Clarity to Clients course will enable service-based entrepreneurs to build their brands, clarify their ideal clients, development their niche and signature offers, and develop conversion funnels and sales systems.

2. Flagship Course: C-A-R-E to Convert:
The C-A-R-E to Convert course will help entrepreneurs master their Sales Mindset plus their Sales Process & Sales Strategy.

The Monthly Subscription Box:
ThutoKhumo is in the phase of creating a prototype for a monthly subscription business box for female entrepreneurs, goal getters, corporate girl boss and side hustlers.
The membership will include:

  • Membership hub packed with business resources

  • Guest expert trainings and masterclasses

  • Exclusive community of ambitious female entrepreneurs

  • Members-only events and opportunities

  • And a Monthly surprise box

What’s in the box?

  • Stationary, office supplies, tech gadgets and self care items

  • A planner to stay organized

  • A journal for your peak performance

  • Action items that will help you move your business forward

Sheila believes that what makes this new product offering different is that having gone through the lonely seasons of entrepreneurship, the clutter of not knowing which online course to take next, this subscription box will help clients to save time and money and be part of a community. She says: “Its curated with personal development and business growth books, tools and training. The best part of reading a good book is having someone to talk to about it and having someone holding you accountable to apply techniques that works. Each subscription gives you access to an exclusive Facebook Group where you can discuss the book of the month, free training and a community to do your market research.”

She adds, "You are your business's most valuable asset. If you wanna save money and time invest in your personal development and business growth. Subscribe to a monthly business box and community that will take you to greater heights.”

There will be a VIP launch to everyone on ThutoKhumo’s email list. To join the email list and be part of the launch, email: sheila@thutokhumo.co.za. The rest of the launch events will be posted soon on all the ThutoKhumo social media pages. The aim is to launch with 100 subscriptions between July to September and reach 500 subscribers by the end of the year. The aim is also to create job opportunities and hire a full-time team of 10 in 2022. In addition, the aim is to also partner with female entrepreneurs who will be featured in the monthly boxes, authors and other entrepreneurs who want to reach more audience, and share their products and services to change lives. For the online courses, the aim is to impact 1000 students by the end of 2022 from all over the world.

For more information, contact Sheila via email: sheila@thutokhumo.co.za or call +27 64 686 7899

To find out more about ThutoKhumo Group Pty Ltd, visit the website http://www.thutokhumo.co.za or visit the company’s social media pages:


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